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Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.

Margin call

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

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